Santana Row to get new apartment community

Federal Realty Investment Trust has plans for a new apartment community at Santana Row, giving Silicon Valley renters yet another option.

Designed by Portland-based Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects, the new community will be made up of 212 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments upon completion in late summer of early fall 2013.

The rentals will be located behind Diesel and Pasta Pomodoro on Santana Row. Santana Row officials are describing them as “resort-style.”

“The demand to live on The Row is high, and we believe the time is right to increase our residential offerings,” said Jan Sweetnam, vice president and West Coast COO for Federal Realty Investment Trust, Santana Row’s parent company.

Once completed, Santana Row will have 834 residences, 615 of which will be rentals. The 1.5 million-square-foot mixed use development is in San Jose and is also home to 70 retail stores, more than two dozen restaurants, a 213-room boutique hotel and a six-screen movie theatre.